Popular music studies research group was created to integrate a community of Polish popular music studies scholars, and to provide a mutual support for its members in their research activities.
Its main activities include discussion meetings, grant applications, publications, and a variety of events held. The Group has an interdisciplinary, intercultural and interprofessional character, bringing together scholars affiliated with various higher educational institutions, independent scholars, and experts in the field of popular music.
Research Group’s activities are also open for student and doctoral presence, which are contributing to developing contemporary trends in popular music studies.
- 13.11.2023: Introductory meeting and establishing PMS RG
- 13.12.2023: Challenges in popular music studies in Poland
- 17.01.2024: Popular music studies methodology (dr hab. Radosław Rybkowski, prof. UJ)
- 28.02.2024: How to teach popular music at a university?
- 20.03.2024: How to study culturally distant music? (Masayoshi Yamada, UCLA)
- 08.05.2024: Beyonce and Cowboy Carter - Genre, Race, Marketing, and Discourse on Pop Music (dr Andrzej Mądro)
- 05.06.2024: Popular music in Poland textbook: discussion and project's plan
- 21.11.2024: Inauguration of the new year of group's activities
- 17.12.2024: Discussion on contemporary challenges in popular music research
24.03.2025: Popular and traditional music (Aya Al Azab, KUL) - 28.04.2025: Presentation of doctoral project (Dawid Kaszuba)
- 13.11.2025: Research Challenges in the Contemporary Music Industry.
- 10.12.2025: The Study of the Song – Various Research Perspectives
- 12.01.2026: Year-End Music Recaps: Ritual, the New Canon, and Listening Practices
- 26.02.2026: The Phenomenon of Blues and Its Genre Transformations (mgr Aya Al Azab, KUL)
- 25.03.2026: Necrographies and Musical Heritages (dr Jakub Kosek, UKEN)
- 21.05.2026: The Phenomena and Paradoxes of Polish Alternative Pop (mgr Gabriela Rorat, Akademia Muzyczna w Krakowie)
- 17.06.2026: TBA
Research Group’s coordinator:
- dr Maciej Smółka (Jagiellonian University)
Research Group’s members:
- Mgr Aya Al Azab (Catholic University of Lublin)
- Dr hab. Andrzej Juszczyk (Jagiellonian University)
- Mgr Dawid Kaszuba (independent scholar)
- Dr Jakub Kosek (University of the National Education Committee)
- Dr Patryk Mamczur (independent scholar)
- Dr Andrzej Mądro (The Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków)
- Dr hab. Radosław Rybkowski, prof. UJ (Jagiellonian University)
- Mgr Anna Svetlova (Jagiellonian University)
If you are interested in our activities, please contact: Dr Maciej Smółka – maciek.smolka@uj.edu.pl